Did you know you needed a mentor? I have different mentors for different areas in my life.

When I became a mother, I turned to my own for advice, support, and suggestions on parenting this new little life that was mine to guide and protect. For my writing, I am blessed to have author Colleen L. Reece take me under her wing.

Both of my mentors are godly women. This is key. Anyone whom you allow to mentor, teach, or guide you should be a Christian. You may not think they are guiding you in spiritual things, but the Bible says

As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17

Even though we can’t see it, there is spiritual side to everything we do. If we allow someone who is not a Christian to mentor us, we will be influenced spiritually. In all areas of our life, we need to seek God. This includes the counsel we keep.

The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man’s judgment: “For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:15-16

The Holy Spirit is our mentor in life. Ask him for guidance. Spend time in your Bible.

Recently, I publically declared on my blog and challenged my readers to spend time in God’s word every day. Knowing I am accountable to my readers has made me pick up my Bible daily.

The more time I spend in God’s word and with the Holy Spirit, the more I desire too. Scriptures I have read many times before take on new meaning. The Holy Spirit is guiding and mentoring me.

I urge you to take a look at the people and things that are influencing you. Are they godly? Do they follow the teachings of the scriptures?

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Thank you for challenging me to consider who my spiritual mentors may be. God has remained my constant mentor, as well as my husband. My husband is able to speak words to me that I wouldn’t be able to receive from anyone else because I know he always has my best interest at heart.

As for a writing mentor, while taking a few writing classes, I was blessed to have the advice of Eva Shaw. And God has blessed me with incredibly kind editors who were supportive when publishing my articles.

I can see that you’ve got what I call your ‘Spiritual Focus’ right where it should be. I’ve never found in the Bible where the FATHER wants us to go it alone in this world. HE gives us instruction to fellowship, to encourage, to pray, to study HIS Word, and much much more. And we’re to do these things with and for fellow Believers. GOD Bless you!

I truly needed to read this article from you this week! As a new Christian woman I find myself struggling at times with who I am and who I want to be! I am blessed to have a spritual mentour in my life! From the very first day I met her I found myself drawn to her and her family her life it seemed so together and so right I won’t use the word perfect but you could just tell she reflected God in her parenting, her marriage, and even her friendship! At first this was very difficult for me to accept in a scense I felt uncomftorable by the “Godliness” in her life. I am very skeptical and for me in my past often times the people who proclaimed God in their life turned out to be the most hurtful and judgemental so it took a while for me to come around to the idea that a life pure in God with God and for God was possible! Our Husbands have been best friends since they were young and that is how we became acquainted and each time we would visit I would sit and visit with her and really just feel uplifted by things she said, the way her family acted everything….. always waiting of course for the bad side to come out and much to my suprise it didn’t and still has not. Of course not to say she doesn’t experience problems all of us do but it is how she deals with them that is such an inspiration to me! Well long story short I finally came to God last September when everything around me fell apart and I remember calling around all the churches in our little town to find out what church Jessica went too! I wanted to seek that relationship with God she had and I wanted to build my life into something strong like iron that my friend and inspiration carried! She probably hadn’t a clue that I observed her for quite sometime but I am so thankful that God put her in my life and that we now have a frienship and I have a Godly woman I can confide in! It is so important for us Christians to remember part of our duty to God is to reflect him and to help be His disciples by bringing people into his light! She did that for me probably without even realizing that and for us who knows who is out there watching waiting for that invite! I also found your challenge to take a look around me and the people who surround it and to ask myself if they were Godly and unfortunately the answer is no I have some very close friends who tempt me to be that person I so desperatly wanted and still want to change! I find myself wanting the good times but falling back into the not so good times in life! I am going to work on surrounding my life with friends made of iron! But I also hope to be that iron for the friends that are ready to make the change in their life to come to GOD!

Thank you for sharing your heart, Cheyanne. So glad you found a woman you can confide in. Prayers for a deepening relationship with the Lord and that He’ll bring more Godly friends into your life who can motivate and encouarge you spiritually.